A6 - Sunday, December 5, 1982 - North Shore News North Vancouver School Board's 's move to charge rent for the use of school premises-by community groups may be understandable in view of the board’s budget problems. Nevertheless, it ts i-advised. seegeanas cativae Scout and Galen” All of them. perform valuable (in some cases, vital) vic orth Van resi : pecially ‘hard hit would be: day care facilities for. families receiving day care subsidy, which is already often inadequate to cover; operating «costs. Even ‘now, such facilities. are. Suffering tough . financial _ problems | which will -be: compounded if School rents are. ‘added. The: threatened outright closures. ees “just. when economic conditions make those services more essential than ever. _ The same applies to Scouts, Guides and other poner school users. If they are community: groups performing desirable “social services is therefore, to-say the least. At best, those rents could wind up as a mere drop. in the ocean of the board's financial woes -- and at high cost to the dubious, public in lost amenities. hy ; e-: They listened News that employees of financially troubled Air BC, members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers, have voted 90% to accept the company’s plea for five strike-free years shows that unions are not deaf to reasoned appeals, well presented. For the latter, Air BC owner Jim Pattison must also take credit. Hopefully, the outcome will give other managers and unions appetizing food for thought. F sunday news north shore . news 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 980-0511 | 986-6222 985-2131. 986-1337 ‘ Display Advertising Classified Advertising Newsroom Circulation Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher Robert Graham. Editor-in-chief Advertising Director Noe! Wright Tim Francis Personnel Director Circulation Olrector Mra Berni Hilliard Brian A Ellis Production Director Office Manager Photography Manager Chris Johnson Donna Grandy Terry Peters North Shore News, tounded in 1969 as an independent community newspaper and qualified under Schedule tll Part I Paragraph tll of the Excise Tax Acti is published each Wednesday and Sunday by North Shore Frea Press Ltd and distributed to every door on the North Shore Second Clase Mail Registration Number 3865 Entire contents 1962 North Shore Free Press Ltd. Afi rights reserved. Subscriptions North and West Vancouver $26 per year Mailing rates available on request Ne responaibihty accepted for unsolicited matenal including vase pts and pictures which should be accompanied by a stamped sd essed tinvelope VERIFIED CIRCULATION 64,643 Wedne@tuay; 64.093 Sunday Sm THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to respond to G.A. Hill's letter, which was published in your November 25 issue. Hill wrote that Bob Hunter's “Nuclear Night- mare” was “a verbal con- certo of doom, calculated to arouse people who allow themselves to be driven by emotional response, with -little or no reasoning.” The letter inferred that people who write articles designed to inform readers. of what would happen to people in the event of a nuclear war are doing more harm than good. Jn Hill's words, these authors) contribute to panic and other forms of irrational response.” It seems to me that it is about time we educate ourselves with regard to nuclear weapons: we have a right to know what they are capable of doing to us and our world. (Indeed, we have allowed ourselves to believe in the possibility of surviving a nuclear blast for far too long: remember the bomb shelter boom of twenty years ago?) I would argue instead that, although the outcome of a nuclear explosion is so oe . appalling that to describe it may seem like:a scare tactic to: Hill, we must know the . facts. More important, we must allow this knowledge to sink in, for we will then be. HELPING HANDS are being extended to North Shore families hit by the toughest Christmas since the thirties... ‘North Van Christmas Bureau is moving in high gear again following the theft of its one and only typewriter the. other week during a break-in at the Chamber of Commerce office where it camps. Bureau chairman Gerry Miller thanks all those good citizens who came forward after the story in The News with offers to loan a machine — one of which has been accepted. Last year the Bureau brought Christmas food and toys to 334 needy North Van families. This depression Yuletide that number is expected to almost double. Cheques payable to North Vancouver Christmas Bureau (they're tax deductible) may be mailed to P.O. Box 86081, North Vancouver V7L 4J5. Toys and games in good condition may be left at any North Van firehall or. North Shore Credit Union branch. Over in West Van, donations of money, canned goods, toys and clothing in ood condition for Ruth tout’s Santa Claus Fund for needy families will be gratefully accepted at No. 1! Firehall, 16th and Pulton. Row really .believe we .are ..80- > spineless - that to -learn. the : truth = horrible as it-is ~s At an an would lead .to .a. case. of. collective hysteria? © Hill also wrote that “there , are --many _ people who demand - . that. the Western Allies © eliminate their -) interior.” building (50,000 weapons “protagonist in “ehis ‘crazy race has too many weapons. ‘Thus, most activists want to see a nuclear free world. -The general goal of ‘peace groups is, rather, multi- lateral balanced disar- mament, coupled with a freeze on further weapons Meanwhile, those: lucky enough to have a job are saying “thank you” for it this year in ways that count. The staff of North mh Van's Hoyle Industries Led. foregoing ‘their traditional Christmas staff party to provide gifts for needy youngsters. The nine cm- ployees of a North Van medical office are supplying Christmas. dinner for an impoverished family instead of treating themselves. Those are just two examples of an idea which shows of snowballing as the second candles are lighted on the Advent wreaths téday. ‘Yes, Virginia, there és a Santa... * * e Home last week after a year to remember was West Van's Julle Gildersieeve. Last summer tho 21-year-old SFU student, together with fellow students Rosemary Johaston of Coquitlam and Elizabeth Street of Victoria, spent 13 weeks cycling across Canada from Victoria to St. John’s, Nfld. They worked there for a further three months or so to replenish eted coffers before heading back to Lotusland for Christmas. Thanks to six months prior training the coast-to-coast safari, it seoms, wont remarkably smoothly. Highlights included — their ~~ by Noel Wright ia reception in Ottawa by Burnaby MP Pauline Jewett, former SFU president, who introduced them to Joe Clark among others — and top marks went to the Moanties they met all along the. route, described as “marvellous”. If you want to learn what makes Canada tick, ask Julie. She knows, now... ° e *° SCRATCHPAD: Busy business hostess this coming week is Peg Pitt-Brooke, manager of the North Van Chamber of Commerce, getting ready for Chamber's annual tmas open house this reday (Dec. 9) from 4:30 to 8 p.m. If you operate a business in North Van but are pot yet a Chamber member, drop by anyhow at 131 BE. 2nd Thursday for the glass that cheers and discover what you're missing...Saluto veteran West Van firefighter Les Butler who has suc- ceeded recently retired Deputy Chief Wally Galpin as Acting Deptuy Chief — they both joined West Van Fire Dept. in August 1954...Also promoted to the rank of istrict Chief Operations in the WVFD is former Captain Bob Tocher, a 1958 department voteran...Liz O'Kiely is drumming up patrons for 417 at Gl the wel world-wide is. enough, is it not?) I fully agree with Hill that today’s world requires “a sense of interdependence” and that “.,. to achieve this demands ‘reason, not panic or untrammelled emotionalism.” That. is -why citizens of: many ‘nations are speaking out.. Surely the demonstrations in New York, B.C., Europe _ and Britain. reflect a “sense of interdependence.” All were held on the same day — June 12 — and -no one rioted or blew up-important politicians. People simple spoke out in concert. * Further, peace groups use problem: political | leaders - receive letters; petitions.are —passed:-around (e.g._against the -Cruise); referenda are ~held. This does not con- stitute “untrammelled emotionalism.” As well, before we are able-to reach " people we must know what ' we are t g about, which is why infornistion regarding nuclear weapons and the outcome of their use must be | presented to everyone — like it or not. | “~ Finally, Hill suggested that little in the way of anti- nuclear sentiment is taking hold in the USSR. Again, I must disagree: remember, it was, the U.S. government which refused to ratify SALT ‘II. It is the U.Siwhich seeks to deploy the lethal Cruise CONTINUED ONPAGE A7. _ Caulfeild’s second annual Christmas Ball, Friday, Dec. eneagles-Golf-Club with Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Heamry Bell-Irving as guests of honor. Last year’s black tie bash netted $1,000 for St. Paul's Indian Church. This year’s from the $25 tickets (covering dinner, wine and punch) go to the elderly blind of the North Shore — call Mary Bell-Irving (926- 3185) for info...Two Weat Van girls got together last week in Ottawa when Margaret ~» on her morning TV show, in- terviewed Jennifer Bennett of Harrowsmith Magazine, daughter of former West Van school trustee Wilf Beanett and Ruth. Subject was Jennifer's new book ““Northorn Gar- ‘@oncr"...National Parole Board chairman William is guest speaker Onterbridge at 8 p.m, Tuesday (Dec. 7) in Delbrook Community Contre. voting s Van, at a public moe ng sponsorod Citizens United for Safety & Justice — which wants violent and sex offenders locked up indefinitely and ' capital punishment restored for cortain mur- ders...Meanwhile, happy retirement to Hillside teacher Peggy Martin ‘who calls it quits in February after 30 years service in West Van School District... o * * WRIGHT OR WRONG: The secret of patience is simple. Find something clso to do while you're waiting. A ttt